Spokes persons gave false denials to the media last year when they said the president had no role in drafting his sons misleading sta authe 2016 trump tower meeting wh russians. This weekend though the New York Times published a 20page memo from the legal team to the special counsels office arguing against the need for a subpoena. In that memo sent back in january the President Trumps lawyers wrote, you have received all of the notes, communications and testimony indicating that the president dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article on behalf of his son donald trump but the responses claim that the subject of the meeting was about russian adoptions which was not a Campaign Issue at the time quickly fell apart after emails surfaced that trump jr. Was told that the white house wanted to help with damaging information on clinton. The president is not required to answer to the office of the special counsel or anyone else for his private affairs with his children. But when the washington pos reported that trump dted the esidents then attorney told the National Press fake news incorrect and misinformed of no consequence. That is one of several misleading public statements. Watch this. The President Trump didnt sign off on anything. He was coming from the g20. The Statement Released was released by donald trump jr. And im sure in consultation with his lawyers. The president wasnt involved in that. I do want to be clear the president wasnt involved in the memo. He weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. Rudy giuliani was asked to explain the shift from denial to now acknowledgement and said it was a case of changing memories. This is the reason you dont let the president testify. If you know, our recollection keeps changing or were not even asked a question and somebody makes an assumption. Okay. So the trump legal teams letter to bob mueller also asserts broad powers and privileges relating to the president and the law regarding questions of obstruction it remains our position that the president s actions by his position as the chief Law Enforcement chief officer could neither constitutionally or legally constitute obstruction because that would amount to him obstructing himself. And that would allow him to pardon if he so desired. Rudy giuliani elaborating on that again yesterday. Do you believe he has the power to pardon himself . He hes not, but he probably does. He has no intention of pardoning himself but it doesnt say he cant. Thats another really interesting constitutional argument. Can the president pardon himself. It would be an open question. I think it would probably get the constitution says and if you want to change it, change it, but yeah. Lets just file that one away, shall we . So this of course as the president accused his special counsel of misconduct. He tweeted this. Snoon and just over a week President Trump and kim jong un are scheduled to hold their meetings in singapore. Kelly odonnell has the latest. Reporter good morning. Planning on the substance of new clear talks and choosing the setting for a high stakes summit typically takes months but only days remain. About this time next week President Trump will travel 10,000 miles to singapore for kim jong un, the trip will be his farthest journey outside north korea since he took power. Part of the preparation, President Trump will welcome japans Prime Minister here to the white house on thursday. Abes second visit tohe United States since april. Im told one group is coming back to the white house so that fina plans can be made this week, a separate negotiating te state, defense and the National Security council stays on in north korea a while longer. Now back in the u. S. , mattis again stressed the u. S. Goal that north korea and its Nuclear Program in a final way. U. S. Officials tell me the singapore government is providing significant help to both countries to make this happen. So far we havent seen specific sites for the trump kim meeting, thats just an indication of the urgency to pull this off. It is a big priority for President Trump and it will dominate his week. A lot to look forward to there. Thanks for that report. Joining us now, White House Reporter for the washington examiner, steve nelson. Lets pick up on that last story there. Weve got a lot of other things to talk about. Its obviously now back on, the summit, but is it likely we could seeim walk away from this summit with a win . Sure, its certainly possible. President trump of course began talk of the summit with kim jong un by mentioning denuclearization of course. That being the big thing, but on friday when he announced that the summit was suddenly back on, he talked a lot about relationships, he talked about how in his words he never said it was all going to happen in one meeting. He talked about a formal end to the korean war, so its certainly possible that h come away with at least something positive to talk about from this meeting. What type of concerns are you hearing from washingtons end on all this . One thing that we havent heard much about is concern about President Trumps physical safety. We have to keep in mind that kim jong uns brother was assassinated allegedly with his on his orders a yeargo close to singapore with a creed of scheme involving precursors being put on his face. We havent heard much about whether kim jong un is going to be inspected. We havent heard much about the skur security procedures. We dont know much at all about the summit. So there are a lot of things we could ask questions about. I think thats why officials are feeling a little bit of pressure under the gun to get the security in place and making sure all the logistics are pulled off successfully. Do you think well see any fallout from the newest admission that President Trump did in fact dictate his sons statement about a meeting with a russian linked lawyer during the election . So the the trump line is essential that you can lie to reporters. Thats not a crime and generally of course that is true. But where this seem to fit is the larger picture of whether its deception in attempt to cover up by President Trump and his allies, it really remains to be seen though, the significance. All right. Well touch base with you in a little bit. Switching gears here, at least 25 people are dead and 300 more were injured after a volcano erupt in guatemala. Known as volcano of fire spewed a fivemile stream of scorching hot lava and sent a thick stream of ash over the city and other regions. Officials are calling it the most violent eruption in deca s decades. Rescue efforts are at a stand still because conditions are doo too dangerous. They expect the body count to rise after the small town was swallowed up by the lava. And more, those images are absolutely stunning. They are and as you were saying dangerous conditions suspending rescue operations and also bad weather, but they are expected to resume this morning actually around now. They were hopeful is when they could continue as hundreds of rescue workers including firefighters, police and soldiers look to continue to look for survivors but they do expect the number of casualties to rise. The violent eruption caused a flow which is essentially hot gas and volcanic debris that causes a wave of destruction and a river of lava as a blanket of ash covered the surrounding areas. The eruption sent an ash cloud more than 6 miles into the sky forcing the capitals airport some 25 miles away to close. Really astonishing images of destruction. One rescue worker describing the situation in one town as a river of lava that had overflowed its banks. This is the second time this volcano has erupted this year. One question i have is did people there have any forewarning that this was going to happen . Was there any warning . Did people have time to get out . Its one of the most active volcanos in the region so i think they are used to eruptions from it but it seems like it was such a quick eruption and thats what caught people offguard. All right. Thanks so much for reporting. Well be sure to check back with you on that ongoing situation. Now lets go over to hawaii where the kilauea volcano is still forcing evacuations nearly a month later. Three people were lifted to safety. Their rescue is the latest in a series of evacuations on hawaiis big island where water, power and cell reception is scarce and thats another scary situation. Thats unbelievable to think about the eruption of these two vol kay flows. Volcanos. And still ahead, does the President Trump have authority over all federal investigations . A former prosecutor answers our legal questions surrounding the letter to bob mueller. And steph curry sets a record as the warriors top the cavs. A check on your weather when we come back. Most people come to la with big dreams. We came with big appetites. With expedia, you could book a flight, hotel, car, and activity all in one place. Im about to start the hair, skin and nails challenge. So my future self will thank me. Thank you. I become a model . Yes. No. Start the challenge today. And try new tropical citrus flavor with collagen. Natures bounty. cat 1 cat 2 smell that . cat 1 gravy cat 2 thats not gravy, thats extra gravy. cat 1 whoa cat 2 thats new friskies extra gravy pate and chunky cat 1 gravy purradise. cat 2 purradise . Really . vo feed their fantasy. Friskies. Wearing powerful sunscreen . 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I think the president ial power, theres nothing that limit it is president ial power fro pardon from a federal crime, not a state crime. President trump is not g to do that. Hes obviously not going to give up any of his pardon powers. The president of the United States pardoning himself would just be unthinkable and it would it would lead to probably an immediate impeachment. Its not going to happen. Want to make sure we get that on paper. Welcome back, everybody. That was the public face of President Trumps legal team discussing the issues in that letter from the legal team to bob mueller. Joining us now former pr prosecutor. Nice to see you again. As we heard from giulianis argument the president has the power to make these controversial moves but that hes not going to. Help us decipher what giulianis message is here. I dont know that i can hat i would say is when ssage. When were asking can the president pardon himself, the answer is plainly yes because he can do that with a stroke of the pen. But the more important question is, if he chooses to do it what will the Supreme Court do . And you know, because we have heard time and again, no man is king, no man is above the law, i think those are the kind of positions that the Supreme Court has taken previously when they have passed on very closely related questions. For example, in the nixon case, the Supreme Court was asked can a criminal subpoena be used to secure the tapes . And the Supreme Court the add min strags Administration Says the tapes can be used. When the administration, the lawyers said a president cannot be hauled into court to be a respondent in a civil suit. The Supreme Court said wrong, yes, he can. And even if he can be hauled in to court to respond in a civil case, can he he cant be hauled into court during his presidency, it has to await the termination of his presidency, the Supreme Court said wrong. What do we think the Supreme Court will say this time in i suspect the Supreme Court will again side with the American People and side with the principle that no man is above the law. To that point i want to ask you about another argument. And that is the the presidency protects him for subpoenas or indictment. Yesterday giuliani told the Huffington Post that the president could shoot james comey and not be indicted for it. How is that interpretation of the president s Constitutional Authority . I mean, that to me sounds it sounds sort of laughable. You know, there really is no precedent suggesting that a sitting president is completely immune from being held accountable for his criminal conduct. Again, the prior precedence suggests that thats not the case, and i think everybody has to believe for example how unconstrained is the president s pardon power. You know, if somebody walked into the white house and wrote the president for a Million Dollars in exchange for a pardon, the president can certainly issue that pardon, but guess what . Thank goodness we have checks and balances in this country because the Supreme Court can then pass upon the legality of that and what the Supreme Court is going to say i predict is that if you exercise president ial powers corrupt purposes, you can and will be made to account in a court of law. And so much of the talks surrounding this memo and giulianis appearances this is really about public optics here. Its not about the legality of it all. Great to talk to you again. Thank you. Thank you. Lets get a check on your weather with bill karins. As the rest of the country experiences summer it is chilly and rainy here. Who doesnt like 48 degrees and rain in new england . Its a beautiful monday. Yeah, its saturday was like exceptionally warm throughout much of the country. Sunday koold down a lot in the great lakes and we got drenched down around d. C. Still a lot of rivers in flood stage and more rain today in the areas of new england. Its pouring this morning. New hampshire, vermont. Rain over long island. Philadelphia, you are done. Baltimore, youre done. You can leave that umbrella at home but the rain will continue through new york city for the next hour or two. Boston will have till about the lunch hour. Alba gnu is only 48 degrees this morning. Its jacket weather out there for a lot of people as you head out this morning. D. C. Will warm up nicely. So lets time the rain out. Notice the rain in vermont through New Hampshire and the steady rain from providence to boston. The heavy rains this mornings, you will get a nice needed break. The rain should be over with by 6 00 p. M. 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